State Officers
Individual Board Photos Above Credit: MassJCL Historian
State Chairs
Contests Chair
Margaret (Meg) Burns, Boston Latin School
Magistra Burns is one of the sponsors for the JCL chapter of Boston Latin School, where she has been teaching high school Latin classes for more than 20 years.
Systems Chair
John Kerpan, Boston Latin School
jkerpan@bostonpublicschools.org
Magister Kerpan has taught Latin literature classes at Boston Latin School for nearly 15 years, and in recent years has also been involved with the MassJCL.
Finance Chair
Janet Fillion, Boston Latin Academy
Magistra Fillion is a retired Latin teacher, having taught Latin classes at Boston Latin Academy for more than 50 years. She was also the MASCL advisor from 1997 to 2010, and has attended most NJCL conventions with MassJCL since the mid-90’s!
Academics Chair
Michael Howard, Boston Latin School
mhoward2@bostonpublicschools.org
Magister Howard has been teaching Latin at Boston Latin School for more than 10 years now after attending Boston Latin Academy in the mid-2000’s. He has been the MASCL advisor since 2017, and in recent years has taken to coaching Advanced division certamen (Latin level 3+). Mr. Howard also authored the Certamen Starter Kit.
Magister Howard also served two terms on the MassJCL Executive Board as a JCLer, serving as Publications Editor from 2008-09 and Parliamentarian the year after!
Convention Chair
Jay Alex Coisman
Though not a Latin teacher, Mr. Coisman has been heavily involved with the MassJCL in recent years, and his JCL tenure dates back to the 1989-90 school year, when he was the Vice President of the Florida JCL. After a three-decade hiatus, he has returned to the JCL scene for a different state, mainly as an Intermediate division certamen coach.